Love isn't something that comes right away, at least for me. Love helps you get through the ups and downs and the person that you love will help you get through the thick and the thin. I'm waiting for you love, I promise.

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Homecoming

"Clay stop taking so long."

"I'm almost ready." I yell from the bathroom.

"Hurry up, Chelsea and Anne are going to be here soon. I finish buttoning up my shirt and then I walk out of the bathroom, and when I locked my eyes with him I felt my heart stop. Shit he looks really nice.

"You cleaned up well,"

"T-Thanks George."

"Of course, and do you know how to tie this fucking thing?"

"I don't know, let's ask your dad."

"He's at work."

"Your mom?"

"She probably knows."

We run down the stairs to see his mom walking from the kitchen to see us.

"Wow, you both look amazing."

"Thank you Mrs. Davidson," I say smiling.

"We kinda need help tying our ties." George says handing his mom the tie. She smiles and ties George's tie, then mine. After a bit, there was a knock on the door and I went over and answered the door.

"Hi Clay," Anne says giving me a hug, then she kisses me on the lips. "You look so nice baby." She says also fixing my hair a bit.

"I never my girlfriend could get anymore beautiful." I say tucking a bit of her straight hair behind her ear. I look over at Chelsea and she's talking to George and his mom.

"Guys come on, we'll be late for pictures." Anne says smiling. We walk out together and we get into her mom's car. Her mom was talking to Anne and I sat there awkwardly holding her hand, because I think she isn't the one for me. When we were taking photos I felt guilty I haven't been telling Anne the truth, but I might tell her tonight. But what if she-

"Clay, let's take some photos together and some with Nick." I walk over and take with Nick and a group photo with George.

"Get close guys." The photographer says signaling us to come closer. We came closer and I can feel butterflies in my stomach, I kept looking at him very few seconds, but made sure I wasn't looking at him when the photo was taken. When the slow dance was happening, Anne pulled me out to the floor. We were dancing for a while, then she gives me a look.

"Clay? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing,"

"It's not nothing, please talk to me."

"I have been starting to like someone else, and I never meant to hurt you."

"Oh," She put her arms to her sides, and I let go of her waist. She runs off the dance floor in tears and some of her friends ran after her. I look as she runs off and I rub my arm

"What happened?" George asks.

"I broke up with her, and I feel bad." I say starting to tear up. George drags me out of there and into the boy's bathroom so I didn't embarrass myself. The tears start to roll down my face and George hugs me close to him.

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I was setting my outfit for the day and putting my other clothes away.

"You getting ready?" Sapnap asks

"Yeah, I'm just setting out my clothes." He walks closer to me and looks over my shoulder.

"So I know you are going to meet with George tonight, and my personal advice, you should dress nice." He winks and pats me on the back.

"Well, since you know everything, what should I wear?"

"Some jeans and a shirt that doesn't say 'Cali 1980'." He says holding up my shirt. I snatch it back and place it back on my bed. I start to get nervous about the surprise that I was going to get tonight, and what made me even more nervous is that I didn't see George the whole day. The only time I saw him is when he was whispering to Sapnap about something, before I knew it; it was almost time to meet with George.

"Sapnap!" I yell from my room. "I need help." He comes up to my room and he sees me getting ready.

"What do you need help with?"

"Looking nice," I smile nervously.

"Okay, I got you." He starts to pick out my clothes and handed them to me. I changed into them and then he started to fix my hair.

"Do you know?"

"Know about what?" He says confused.

"The surprise that George has set up for me."

"Yes, and I've known since you've wanted to go to California."

"He's been planning it for a while?"

"Yeah, I guess." Once he finished he smiled at me. "You look nervous." He huffs.

"I am,"

"Don't be, you'll like the surprise."

"I'll like it?"

"Just go out to meet him," He says starting to shove me out of my bedroom, "You don't want to make it him wait."

I walk outside and head to the beach and when I got to the porch I see the sun is starting to go down, I'm on time. I walk to the beach and see that George is standing out there admiring the water. I walk down even more to meet up with him.

"Isn't that a great view?" I say standing next to him.

"It really is." He looks up at me and he looks as nervous as me.

"You look scared, George."

"I do? Well it's probably because I want you to like the surprise."

"Well, what is the surprise?" He sighs and starts to walk along the shore and I follow right next to him.

"We've been though so much together, so many ups and downs. My best memories are with you, like the roof top, us building a flower shop together in Minecraft, our kiss, and just being with you." I smile. "I've told you I wasn't ready to be in a relationship because I honestly was scared about us, everything that has happened and how us being together will affect the future."

"The future?"

"Yeah like friendships with everyone especially Sapnap and my family." He stops walking and faces me. "I realized that it was all in my head, all of the what if's and the what's going to happen's."

"What are you saying?" I gulp.

"I'm saying." He takes a breath. "I'm ready, you can stop waiting. I'm ready for the future we'll create, the memories we're going to make, and of course the craziness that we'll go through. I want to be with you Clay. I wanna be yours." I smile big and hug him tightly and he giggles.

He's mine. He's finally mine.